The Calendar
Terms,
sessions, and academic calendars are key components of the academic structure
that enable you to define
landmark dates, driving much of the day-to-day business at an academic
institution:
Terms,
Sessions, and the Academic Calendar
Terms,
sessions, and academic calendars are time elements.
Academic
Organizations
Academic
organization structure defines how an academic institution is organized from an
administrative perspective.
Campuses
A campus is
an entity, usually associated with a separate physical administrative unit,
that:
• Belongs
to a single academic institution.
• Uses a
single course catalog.
Academic
Groups
Academic
groups are the highest-level division of the academic institution for academic
structural purposes.
Subject
Areas
Subject
areas are the specific areas of instruction in which courses are offered within
academic organizations.
Security
The
PeopleSoft system uses an approach that enables you to set up data access at
different entry points within the system.
Security
Views
The Component Security feature enables you to impose security on selected
components, based on a student's institution, career, program or plan.
Academic
Structure Security
Securing
the academic structure involves setting up security for academic institutions,
academic institution and
academic career combinations, academic programs, and academic plans.
Online
Security
Trees are security structures that graphically represent the hierarchies
of organizational units in an
institution. With the security tree, you can view and update the reporting
relationships among units and grant and
deny user access to data.
Academic
Hierarchy
SetIDs,
academic institutions, careers, programs, plans, and sub plans are the building
blocks of your academic
hierarchy.
SetIDs
A setID is
used throughout Campus Solutions as a substitute for academic institution or
student financials business
unit.
Academic
Institution, Career, Program, Plan, and Sub Plan
Academic
programs are a part of academic careers and the academic institution. Academic
plans and academic
sub plans are subdivisions of academic programs. Some academic plans can link
directly to a career.
